Pierce gave visual form to the bitter truths of slavery, as well as to his own experience growing up in the Jim Crow South.
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Marie Cuttoli, the Entrepreneur Who Brought Modern Art to the Textile Industry
Cuttoli recruited artists like Picasso and Man Ray to design textiles for her workshops in Algeria and shop in Paris, bringing Modernism to a broader audience in the early 20th century.
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Looking at Renoirs, Moving and Still
Not only did Pierre-Auguste and Jean Renoir share DNA, but also a muse, who was the father’s last model and the son’s future wife.
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The Iconoclastic Kinship of Kiefer and Rodin
In the new exhibition Kiefer Rodin, Anselm Kiefer draws a straight line between himself and the grand old man of French sculpture.
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Newly Discovered Cézanne Sketches Go on Display at the Barnes Foundation
Two Cézanne sketches found by conservators at the Barnes Foundation earlier this year went on view at the collection in Philadelphia today.